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Banket

/ˈbæŋ.kɛt/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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As noun
  1. 1

    A conglomerate gold-bearing ore found in South Africa, characterized by quartz pebbles in a quartzitic matrix.

    "The deep-level mining operations successfully extracted high-grade gold from the dense banket reef."
  2. 2

    A Dutch or South African pastry or confection, often shaped like a letter and filled with almond paste.

    "During the winter holidays, the family traditionally baked a golden-brown banket filled with sweet almond paste."

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Derived from the Dutch word 'banket', meaning banquet or pastry, and later adopted into mining geology in South Africa via Afrikaans to describe conglomerate gold-bearing ore that resembles almond rock-sweet confectionary.

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